Senior Cost Manager/ Senior Quantity Surveyor - NEC Contracts

Turner & Townsend Plc.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor to join their Energy & Natural Resources team in Bristol. This role offers the chance to work on exciting projects, ensuring effective contract and cost management while fostering professional relationships with clients and stakeholders. You will be instrumental in delivering projects on time and within budget, utilizing your expertise in NEC contracts and cost management. The company promotes a flexible and inclusive work environment, ensuring every team member has the opportunity to succeed and contribute to meaningful projects that impact the energy transition in the UK.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified in a relevant subject preferred.
• Experience in contract and cost management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage project cost monitoring, forecasting, and reporting.
• Establish professional relationships with clients and stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in project budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)

Cost Management

Change Management

Valuation

Procurement

Reporting

Governance Processing

Change Control

Best for Project Attitudes

Commission Management

Education

Degree in a relevant subject

Professional body membership (or working towards)

Job description

Senior Cost Manager/ Senior Quantity Surveyor - NEC Contracts

• Full-time
• Department: Energy and natural resources

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.
Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 130 countries worldwide.
Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused, supported by an inclusive and fun company culture. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver. As a result our people get to enjoy working on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

We are currently seeking a number of personable, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to join our contract and cost management team to support our continuing growth and make the difference to both our business and to the energy transition in the UK.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

You will be a Senior Cost Manager / Quantity Surveyor within our UK Energy & Natural Resources business working on a variety of client and Turner & Townsend projects and initiatives.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Establishing friendly, professional and appropriate relationships with clients, colleagues and other parties involved in the projects and programmes we support.
• Administering a variety of contracts in accordance with project objectives and policies.
• Providing accurate project cost monitoring, forecasting and reporting to completion in line with budget.
• Pro-actively monitoring and managing cost variance and contract cash flow, and ensuring that applications are made correctly and in a timely manner.
• Collaborating with client and contractor teams to manage the delivery of project deliverables, KPIs, and objectives, including programme performance, cost control, and value engineering.
• Managing contract change effectively, ensuring that projects remain within governance and adopt best practice.
• Driving improvements in the accuracy of forecasts and budgets.
• Proactively providing sound commercial knowledge and support to all stakeholders.
• Ensuring that final accounts are negotiated and agreed.
• Commission management as needed.

Previous experience or a sound and suitable understanding of the following will be a distinct advantage in applying for this role:

• Contract Management (NEC3 preferred)
• Change management
• Cost Management
• Change control
• Valuation
• Procurement
• Reporting
• Governance processing
• Best for project attitudes
• Line management
• Commission management

Qualifications:

Ideally Degree qualified (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.

• Ideally hold or be working towards an appropriate professional body membership or equivalent.

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.